Practical aspects of MR imaging in the presence of conductive guide wires

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tong, Natalie ^a,c   Shmatukha, Andriy ^b,c   Asmah, Peter ^b   Stainsby, Jeffrey ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (Canada)

^c General Electric Healthcare ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; CONDUCTIVE WIRES; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; IMAGING PARAMETERS; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; STRONG CORRELATION;

WIRE;

COPPER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COPPER; HOT TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77649227914     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/1/N02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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